Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:09:31PM +, David Pead wrote: > >>> Mount the MacOS-partition where BootX resides. [...] > When I use > ls dev > there's no refernece to the sda6 partition at all. The list reads: > > adb fb kmemmiscpts scsiurandom > cd

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-09 Thread David Pead
>>> Mount the MacOS-partition where BootX resides. >> >> Sorry, need a 'how to'... Found reference here >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/11/msg00165.html >> ...and from looking elsewhere seems I need to chroot to target? > > No. Just an ordinary mount. > Hans, When I use ls dev th

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 03:55:21PM +, David Pead wrote: > > No, as Simon pointed out, there is known, unsolved problems with quik > > and (some of?) the beige G3:s. Focus on BootX for now. > > OK, will do > > > So restart the installation, press ctrl-alt-F2 and to get a > > shell. > > Have

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-07 Thread David Pead
> No, as Simon pointed out, there is known, unsolved problems with quik > and (some of?) the beige G3:s. Focus on BootX for now. OK, will do > So restart the installation, press ctrl-alt-F2 and to get a > shell. Have got the shell > Mount the MacOS-partition where BootX resides. Sorry, need

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:51:28PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:57:39PM +, David Pead wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've done a fair bit of looking around on the above subject and tried many > > times to get Debian running on the G3 here but have to resort to troublin

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Derek
Hello,thank you for posting that up Hans,worked like a charm. Thanks again :), Derek On 12/6/05, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:15:48AM +, David Pead wrote: > I have not done this recently, so some parts might be wrong. I > addition to that, I don't have a

Re: wrong info on BootX and initrd kernels in installation manual? [was: Re: Debian install on biege G3]

2005-12-06 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 06 December 2005 10:13, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > I looked up the installation manual on using BootX after first stage > installation, and it seems to suppose no initrd, which must fail AFAIK > on recent debian kernels. > > Am I missing something here? Unfortunately the PowerPC specific par

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:57:39PM +, David Pead wrote: > Hello all, > > I've done a fair bit of looking around on the above subject and tried many > times to get Debian running on the G3 here but have to resort to troubling > you folks. > > Spec: > OW biege G3 - 333MHz > 8gig HD > SCSI CD dr

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:15:05PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:15:48AM +, David Pead wrote: > > [...] > > > The only option I've had limited success with is the net-install. This > > progesses but falls over after re-start when I put the relevant info into > > Boot

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:15:48AM +, David Pead wrote: [...] > The only option I've had limited success with is the net-install. This > progesses but falls over after re-start when I put the relevant info into > BootX. > > --- > > Hans, MANY thanks for your reply, > > [sni

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread David Pead
Simon first, Hans second :) > I've done a fair bit of looking around on the above subject and tried Hi David, this topic has been discussed several times here, so you might want to search through the archive -- I'm quite sure you'll find your luck : http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Beige+G3

wrong info on BootX and initrd kernels in installation manual? [was: Re: Debian install on biege G3]

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:07:28AM -0800, Derek wrote: > I am having this same problem on my old world.Im still not quite sure > how to fix it.Can anyone explain exactly how I should have bootx set > up? I looked up the installation manual on using BootX after first stage installation, and it seem

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Derek
I am having this same problem on my old world.Im still not quite sure how to fix it.Can anyone explain exactly how I should have bootx set up? Thanks, Derek

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:28:23PM +0100, Simon Vallet wrote: > Hi David, > > this topic has been discussed several times here, so you might want to > search through the archive -- I'm quite sure you'll find your luck : > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Beige+G3+boot+site%3Adebian.org&btnG

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-05 Thread Simon Vallet
Hi David, this topic has been discussed several times here, so you might want to search through the archive -- I'm quite sure you'll find your luck : http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Beige+G3+boot+site%3Adebian.org&btnG=Google+Search SImon On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:57:39 + David Pead <[EMA

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:57:39PM +, David Pead wrote: [...] > I'm using BootX from a small OS9 partition. I've used a net-drivers floppy > to run the installer. I used "guided" partitioning option, installaton > starts, fine. Then at the end it tries to use install quik, I'm not to sure > o